Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

Swansea 2 Millwall 1

The Swans will head into the first international break of the league season with a total of ten points from twelve on the board as goals from Jake Bidwell and Ben Cabango were enough to give them a win over Millwall at the Liberty this afternoon.7 Both defenders struck in…
Saturday, 3 October 2020, 16:56

And now it’s one out

It’s busy times at the Liberty Stadium at the moment as Steve Cooper works towards the final squad that he wants for the season ahead and news today is that Kristoffer Peterson is on his way out of the club – heading to Germany and Fortuna Dusseldorf. The fee is…
Saturday, 3 October 2020, 12:40

One in and one to follow?

The Swans last night confirmed the signing of Brighton striker Viktor Gyokeres on a season long loan subject to international clearance and is the first of what is expected to be two arrivals at the Liberty this weekend. Gyokeres is expected to be shortly followed by Joe Piggott signing from…
Saturday, 3 October 2020, 9:25

Double Swansea connection in at Wigan?

It was with interest last night that we read about a takeover at Wigan that has a double Swansea connection in a sports lawyer and former manager and player Roberto Martinez. Roberto’s links with Wigan are well known – he was a player there before he joined the Swans and…
Friday, 2 October 2020, 12:33

Memories of time gone by

It was with interest this morning that the Planet Swans archive timeline popped up a story that talked about this very date in 2001 when the site revealed the name of the Swans new owner to the world – a certain Tony Petty. Little did we know when I penned…
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 12:11

Leicester to make Rodon move?

There have been plenty of transfer rumours flying around Swansea this summer for a move for Joe Rodon with both Manchester clubs and West Ham reportedly interested in a move for one of our biggest prized assets. Now we are informed this morning that former Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers has…
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 9:30
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